LIQUOR STORE 'TOO PINK'

The Brainerd City Council decided Monday that the color of a business in northeast Brainerd was too pink. Essers Warehouse Liquor and Northern Lakes Wine and Spirits, once known as Baxter's 'pink liquor store' joined forces last year. Essers owner Gary Bethke told the Brainerd Dispatch the pink color was used to rejuvenate business and it seemed to be working. The city's exterior design standards dictate that bright or garish colors can't make up more than five percent of a wall. The council said the building must be repainted right away.